A section of the Milwaukee County Grounds, near the Eschweiler buildings, is widely known as a resting place for Monarch butterflies as they migrate to Mexico.
Even WisDOT recognizes that, and then says it wants to destroy part of it.
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WisDOT proposes destroying part of Monarch habitat
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Zoo Interchange public hearings this week
Monday, June 22nd, 2009The WisDOT version of public hearings, that is. It’s a good chance to weigh in on WisDOT’s awful plans.
The hearings will be from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday (June 23) and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Wednesday, June 24). Both will be conducted at the Tommy Thompson Youth Center at State Fair Park Gate #5, 640 S. 84th Street in West Allis.
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State Senate gives Oak Creek freeway subsidy
Thursday, June 18th, 2009The State Senate last night voted to pay for Oak Creek’s $3.75 million share of an I-94 interchange at Drexel Ave.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation itself says the interchange would harm efforts to redevelop older commercial areas of Milwaukee.
Not a single peep in protest from Milwaukee Dems.
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WisDOT mows down mowing
Monday, June 15th, 2009A landord who did this would be hauled into court and fined. But the Wisconsin Department of Transportation thinks it’s fine to have its property mowed — thousands of miles of rights of way throughout the state — just once a year.
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One bidder for the Zoo Interchange? Rethink the bid criteria
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009In this economy, getting just one bid on a multi-million dollar project likely means your bid criteria stink.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation solicited bids for the $12 million to $22 million Zoo Interchange bridge repair project and got exactly one bid — from Milwaukee Constructors LLC, which is made up of Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc.; Lunda Construction Co.; and Zenith Tech Inc., the same folks who brought you the bulk of the Marquette Interchange, according to the Daily Reporter.
But just one bid? When construction firms are dying for work?Is WisDOT kidding?
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